Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-27
EDITOR O'BRIEN.
The Most Fiendish of All the Attacks
Yet Made on Mr.. 0'Brien Occurs
at the Little Town, Hamilton.
Sticks and Clubs Give Way 10 Bullets
and ROttOn Eggs-Eight Shots
Are Fired at the Editor.
The Driver of His Carriage Dangerously
Wounded-O'Brien Finds Refuge
Under tho stars and Stripes.
pTRSLED BY THE MOE.

HAMILTON, ONT, May p. - The
O'Brien meeting last Night was held in
the Palace rink, 1000 people crowaing the
building. After O'Brien and Tenant
Kilbride had addressed the crowd, an
Englishman named George Collins sston-
ished the audience by bitter attack on
Lord Lansdowne. Several other English
men spoke. Resolutions condemning
Lord LansdoWne were passed. While the
meeting was In progress q great crowd of
OraDgemen gathered outside and booted
and yelled constantly, just as at King
ston. All was well, however, uD to this
point. The worst was to come. Another
attack was 10 be made upon
O'Brien, This time with firearms. and
there was another miraculous escape.
Before the meeting mad adjourned
O'Brien and KiIbride were conducted
from the rink by nsrrow alley TO q COW
cred carriage in waiting. In the car
riage besides O'Brien were MCMahon and
Roche Of the local branch of the league
ana Dennis Kilbride. On the drivers
seat were Jonn Nelson, who held the
reins, and Z. B. O'Brien. As the horses
started the crowd suddenly appeared and
set up the usual Kissing and grooming,
which proved to be concerted signal to
g group of tive men VINO lurked around
the market building in Market square
The men who Missed and groaned follow
cd the carriage. As it wheeled into the
square there was sudden click. The
horses pranCed and fash Of light sudden
iy 0verspread the building where the men
lurked. The reins dropped out of John
Nelson's hands, and with the exclamation,
ooh, MY God, I'm shot" he fell for
ward on the seat. Crash, crash, crash!
quick as lightning rang out and through
the bright flashes Ut fame sped bullets
from TWO revoivers until eight shots had
been fired. Mr.. O'Brien stretched for
ward 10 look over and as he did so
ball WhizZed by his face
and passed through the opposite window
without harming anybody, Z. 3. O. Brien,
Nelson's companion, now grasped the
Teins and dashed the horses through the
square into James stress and down TO the
hotel Here there Yves g hostile crowd
who again ho0ted IS the party within
tried 10 open the carriage door, but could
not. Mcmahon jumped ever the door,
and drawing 3 revolver held the crowd at
bay while O'Brien and Ills friends were
making their exit from the carriage. As
the party stepped into the corridor of the
hotel & Yolley CT rotten eggs were hurled
at them, but no Que Wgs hurt Chief Me-
kiunOn and his men now rushed up, but
ali was over, and Nelson was taken 10
the city hospital. DR.. White extracted
the bullet, and says the wound is danger
Gus. 1t is on the left wrist. No arrests
have been made, and O'Brien returns to
Niagara Falls to-day, where he takes
rest, and will then proceed to Montreal
to attend 6 meeting Thursday.
LORD LASSD9w DENOUNCED.
DUBLIN, May 2+.-John Barry, men,
Der of Parliament, speaking at the Ma
tional League meeting here to-day, said
if Lord Lansdowne desired
fair play for O'Brien, the
latter wouldn't have been interfered
within Canada. The men who attempted
O'Brien's life believed they were doing
Lord Lapsdowne q favor. O'Brien's &C
Cusations could not be refuted on the
platform and were therefore answered
with bullets. If O'Brien should be killed
his blood would be on LansdOwne's
head.
CANADIAN on O'BRIEN,
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, May 25-The visit of
Editor O'Brien to the Dominion Of Canada
Is not likely to result in great deal Of
good to the cause of the Irish people, if
Canadians are to be believed. gentle
man who resides in Ottawa, and who is
sincere friend of the Parnell party is now
in the city and was seen by your cores |
pOHdent today, relative to the visit of 1
Mr.. O'Brien. This gentleman said: az
cannot conceive how man with the in
telligence with which Mr.. O'Brien is .
credited could have been led into such a
fo0lhardv crusade. The Canadians "a
rule sympathiZe heartily with the cause
Of home rule, but there is no people on
earth more loyal than these same Cansdi-
ans. They cannot possibly alter the
treatment which Lord Lansdowne &C
cords 10 his tenants, and it seems bsurd
that any sensible man should think that
be can accomplish any good for
the oppressed tenants on bis lord
ships estate by 'sgitating' in Cana
Ia. It would be equally as SEN
iible to talk in Australis, or for that
natter, in Mexico. Yet Mr.. O'Brien does
lotintend to visit either of those countries.
rhe fact is that this gentleman Is laboring
Inder delusion. He seems TO think that
he colOnists are ripe for any kind of
talk He is greatly mis-.
AIKEN. The people of Cansda are con.
ented, 6nd although they are willing to
i've literally of their means TO aid
ne cause of freedom in Ireland they
re not anxious to listen TO absolutely use
eSS agitation. It is because Of this feel
Dg Of content that the people ot Toronto
re opposed to the speeches Of the edi-
or. If be had come to ask for money to
nd the eylcted and oppressed tenants he
would have been cordially received and
is speeches would have met with re :
peCJful attention and liberal responses. :
Is i is, the great Liberal organ Of Can :
da, than which ireland has no more :
launch FREUD, the Toronto Globe, depre- :
ates the unwisdom of the visit which is :
oleiy for the purpose Of creating feeling
gsinst Lansdowne." 4
LETTER OF WARNING.
NIAGARA FALLS, n. y, Mey % -When q
William O'Brlen arrived here yesterday :
rom Hamilton, en..route to Montreal, he 9
7as handed the following letter, which, !
rom the postmarks it bore, had evidently }
Dllowed him from point to point :
uring the past week, The letter was :
ated East Syracuse, n. Y, May IS, and =
7as headed, ga Piece Of Advice. to Will
am O'Brien." "You black-hearted
IRISH fool, if you ever make your appear
nee ia Kingston or Ottawa, your blood
I'LL run cold. Take my advice and 60 )